Northern Mockingbird, April 10, 2019

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N is for Northern Mockingbird

Tupelo, Mississippi, USA, April 9, 2019

Northern Mockingbirds, Mimus polyglottos, are medium-sized, slender songbirds with long tails that live in North America. Their cousins live in Central and South America. They are very accomplished singers that are able to mimic many bird calls and other sounds that they hear frequently.

They eat a variety of insects, earthworms, and wild berries. You may be able to attract them to your yard by planting trees and shrubs that produce fruit or berries.

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The Barn Collective, April 7, 2019

The Barn Collective, I'd Rather B Birdin', and All Seasons

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, March 13, 2019

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Your bird for today is...

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, April 6, 2019

… a Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias.

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B&W: Dandelion, April 6, 2019

The Weekend in Black and White

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, March 28, 2019

Dandelion seed-head

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Willy Nilly Friday, April 5, 2019

Willy Nilly Friday 5, Sky Watch Friday,
and on Saturday, Saturday's Critters, and I'd Rather B Birdin'

1. Redbuds (Sky Watch Friday)

Pickwick, Tennessee, USA, April 2, 2019

We had a bright sunny day for our drive to the Pickwick Inn Restaurant to meet friends for lunch on Tuesday. The Eastern Redbud trees, Cercis canadensis, are really showing off their blooms this year! These beauties are near the Inn's entrance.

2. The Most Unusual Thing I Have Seen This Week

Tupelo, Mississippi, USA, April 3, 2019

I guess we will never know how this pine tree got bent over, but it seems to be coping really well. It is as tall as any of the surrounding trees.

3. Spring Garden

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, April 4, 2019

I planted this container of onions on February 28. The tiny round leaves just barely visible are radishes I planted in the gaps between the onions early last week. I have several more containers of onions and radishes planted at 10 day intervals to stretch out the harvest. I can hardly wait until it is warm enough to grow tomatoes and okra!

4. Butterflies (Saturday Critters)

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, March 28, 2019

If you noticed the Henbit growing all around my container of onions in the above photo, this is why they have not been mowed down - the butterflies love them!

Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, April 3, 2019

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5. Scaup (I'd Rather B Birdin')

Pickwick, Tennessee, USA, April 2, 2019

Greater Scaups, Aythya marila, and Lesser Scaups, Aythya affinis, are very difficult to tell apart, so I am not even going to try! They are migratory birds that are here only in the Winter before flying to northern Canada to raise their young in the Summer.

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Thankful Thursday, April 4, 2019

Thankful Thursday and Little Things Thursday

Veterans Park, Tupelo, Mississippi, USA, April 3, 2019

Thankful for warm Spring days with fields of wildflowers!

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Red-bellied Woodpecker, April 3, 2019

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M is for Melanerpes carolinus - Red-bellied Woodpecker

male Red-bellied Woodpecker, Prentiss County, Mississippi, USA, February 27, 2019

Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Melanerpes carolinus, are non-migratory, medium-sized woodpeckers that live in the forests of the eastern United States. You can attract them to your yard by hanging suet feeders. They also eat sunflower seeds, peanuts, and insects. Since they are tree-clinging birds, the red spot on their bellies that gives them their name is not always visible.

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